Reached Monday morning, Petrie said Cousins is not on the block. "You can put that one to rest," Petrie said. "He's not going anywhere. You can lay that to rest. Some of that stuff lives in its own reality." NBA.com

Reached Monday morning, Petrie said Cousins is not on the block. "You can put that one to rest," Petrie said. "He's not going anywhere. You can lay that to rest. Some of that stuff lives in its own reality." NBA.com

Reached Monday morning, Petrie said Cousins is not on the block. "You can put that one to rest," Petrie said. "He's not going anywhere. You can lay that to rest. Some of that stuff lives in its own reality." NBA.com

From a Kings fan perspective, what is the root of their problems and how do you fix them?

The way students who go into a bad environment tend to pick up the habits of their peers, the same has happened here. Little by little this became a team of iso ballers with selfish tendencies. None of the pieces fit together anymore after years of bad play. The individual talent is there, but they can't seem to fit together as a cohesive unit. No one is willing to play team defense. Very little players wanna sacrifice on that end of the floor (and to this point, i'll give credit to Cousins, one of the few guys who is always hustling). Most of that issue has to fall on the management and the coaching staff. Keith Smart has handled the talent very poorly despite getting them to play better after the Westphal firing. One night he has guys playing heavy minutes, then they'll ride the bench for most of the next two or three games. There is no solid rotation, no cohesiveness amongst the players and for the most part they're just out there playing pick up basketball.

If it was me running the team, i'd clean house, keep Cousins and Thompson and try to get young talent in return for all the older players that still have some value. This team is in dire need of a veteran PG.